Doctors are concerned that many Online pharmacies are selling prescription drugs direct to the public without demanding to see a prescription and without offering any medical advice.

Authorities in the UK are also concerned that US companies are targeting Britain and bypassing UK law, set up to protect consumers.

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The anti-depressant Prozac is so potentially dangerous, that under UK medicine law, it can only be bought if you've got a prescription and have consulted your doctor.

Prozac is easily available via the internet

Pharmacists also make sure that Prozac is dispensed and sold safely.

But while this is happening on the High Street, a shocking trade is taking place, via the internet where US companies are sidestepping UK law to sell Prozac straight to consumers.

Advertising prescription-only medicines direct to the public and selling them without a prescription is illegal in Britain.

But by registering websites in the US and posting drugs from abroad US companies are effectively bypassing UK law set up to protect consumers.

These Online Pharmacies have nothing to do with drug manufacturers. But doctors have told us there's no way of checking that drugs bought on-line are safe, or that they're even what they claim to be.

Doctors are concerned that internet companies which flout the law cld be putting lives at risk.

The scandal is also worrying lawyers.Hired to protect reputable online pharmacists, they're discovering it's almost impossible to prosecute traders on the internet, especially when they post drugs from abroad. They say legal loopholes need to be closed. And it's that lure of money together with the ease of trading on the internet which has led to a growth in online pharmacies prepared to flout the law.